Word: sparkly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first evening of the Jamboree one of its three compulsory functions was held.*Some 28,000 boys and Scout Masters crowded around the base of the Washington Monument for the lighting of the Camp Fire. Up stepped wizened little Daniel Carter Beard with trusty flint and steel, struck the spark which lit a torch which ignited two big campfires. Old Dan Beard had every right to that honor. He has worn out more deerskin shirts and done more for boys than any magazine illustrator now alive. At 87 he is still spry and alert, throws hatchets for exercise...
...Operator Farquhar J. Southbound at Portage and Main at 1:10. Two men (drunk) sitting about centre of car felt sick, and before getting off vomited on floor near window. Liquid trickled through panel on floor causing a short circuit. . . . Spark from short circuit caused the alcohol to explode and the flame shot upwards and singed the eyebrows of Mr. W. Alsip, 216 Stafford. . . . Mr. Alsip said he was all right...
Although in defeat, Coach Fred Mitchell's revamped lineup showed more spark than in recent games. Resting in third place in the League, the Crimson must win two games from both Dartmouth and Yale in order to capture the championship...
...That gas, which we assume was present in the top of the ship, was ignited either by lightning or by a static spark. The meteorological situation . . . was such that a greater potential gradient* could not be present at the time of the fire. ... If one studies the wind directions and velocities and temperatures more closely as indicated on the charts, he can recognize that the first storm must have been followed by a smaller...
...between the reverent, laborious effort of the British people to stage a tremendous spectacle and perform a solemn ritual without any hitch, harm or boggle, and the implacable forces of Chance, innocent or vicious, which might suddenly transform their great drama into farce or tragedy, as a little spark did last fortnight at Lakehurst...